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The Montevideo Brief by J. H. Gelernter

The Montevideo Brief

A Thomas Grey Novel

by J. H. Gelernter

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  • Aug 2023, 256 pages
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prem singh yadav

The Montevideo Brief A Thomas Grey Novel
This is the ideal gift for anybody enthusiastically for fiction and English history. Written in the year 1804, the sharp recounts the tale of the brave and creative Chief Thomas Faint, a previous English Popular Marine and serious master of Her Excellency's Mysterious Association. His crucial goal was spilling over with gold and significant metals. The bet of getting a Spanish oceanic power before it appears at Europe is brilliant as a perplexing game plan among France and Spain guarantees battle against England after the assets are orbited.

In the fundamental quarter of the book, the writer sets up themore
Katherine P. (Post Mills, VT)

Pirates, Spies. Exotic Locations and the Sea-Who Could Ask for Anything More?
Loved this book especially since I read it while vacationing at the shore, where several days the weather was dirty--very atmospheric for the setting of the book. The sea, that is, not the Maine coast rather than the seas of the Southern Hemisphere. There is so much history in the book but couched in an engrossing story of seafaring men working on behalf of the Crown of England. A straightforward tale of international espionage turns into a tale of piracy, growth of a new nation, America and her navy, and the impressment of men into the British navy. There is name dropping--James Monroe is our Ambassador to themore
Alyce T. (San Antonio, TX)

A Tall Ship Adventure
The Montevideo Brief is a beautiful history of the days of pirates and privateers. It was a fun book to read as you followed Grey on his journey. Covering the United States, England, France and Spain and their involvement in intelligence gatherings, ship seizures and interactions on the high seas shapes outcome of today's world. The treasures of Spanish explorers being transported by ship caravan is the prize to establish country allegiances in peace and war. I would like to read more books by J.H. Gelernter.
Catherine O. (Altavista, VA)

Adventure with an Unstoppable Hero
The Montevideo Brief is not my usual type of novel and I didn't really know what to expect. I was very pleasantly surprised. The novel is very engaging and moves rapidly from adventure to adventure. I learned a lot about the rise of Napoleon and the efforts of other countries to thwart his plans. I wondered if joining this series at book #3 would make it difficult to follow characters, but just enough background was provided to make it understandable without bogging down the narrative. Thomas Grey is a very ingenious and compelling hero. I think that anyone who enjoys historical fiction would like this series.
Ora J. (Anacortes, WA)

The Montevideo Brief
To my delight, the author J.H. Gelernter opened The Montevideo Brief with a performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony. I find a seat, next to an Englishman, near the back of the Grand Festival Hall of the Palace Lobkowitz in Vienna. As the performance begins, I am guided phrase by phrase through the drama of each movement. For the next two-hundred pages I follow the Englishman, Thomas Grey, on his missions of secrecy protecting the British Empire from the advances of Spain. Off sailing the Atlantic from Britain to Brazil, with many exciting conflicts on and between shores, the adventure held me in its grip.more
Barb F. (Monmouth, OR)

Montevideo Brief
This is an historical spy novel by JH Gelernter occurring in 1804, just after the American Revolutionary War. Included in this swashbuckling series of adventures are interesting little tid bits of British culture, and European tradition of the time that I thought were especially interesting. Examples are descriptions of a Beethoven concert, and sword dueling to the death between gentlemen. These 1800s cultural practices were embedded into the main story in a very effective way. The main plot was fast paced and fun and seemed a bit like a treasure hunt at sea.

This book is a whale of a tale. It is almost likemore
Julia E. (Atlanta, GA)

Excellent historical spy novel
The Montevideo Brief is the well-written, fast-paced third novel in J.H. Gelernter's series of historical spy novels featuring British international spy, Thomas Grey. Taking place in the first decades of the 19th century, the tale details Grey's adventures as he thwarts Britain's enemies both on land and sea. The influence of Patrick O'Brien's famed British navy series set in the same period, echoes strongly as Grey spends as much time at sea with His Majesty's fleet and he does on shore. O'Brien fans will especially love the book, while others will enjoy Gelernter's insight into European politics, society andmore
Lesley F. (San Diego, CA)

Historically Fascinating Spy Novel Set in Napoleonic Times
In the Prologue, we learn of eight U.S. "marines" from the new U.S.A.'s tiny navy who successfully land on "the shores of Tripoli" and complete a daring raid from the U.S.S. "Constitution" led by Stephen "Decatur" to free the harbor of Barbary pirates!

A few pages into Chapter One we are given a remarkably accurate, exquisite description of the first presentation of "Beethoven's Third Symphony", led by himself, in Vienna (our "spy" is there). I read it aloud to my classical-music-hound husband and then we played the entire symphony with the detailed description in our hands!
And now we learn of the complicatedmore

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